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Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder [View all]
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/g-s1-2889/amanda-knox-italy-court-slander-chargeAmanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy over accusations in roommate's murder
UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 6:46 AM ET
By Associated Press
Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, right, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, on Wednesday.
Antonio Calanni/AP
FLORENCE, Italy — An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part time, of the killing. But she will not serve any more jail time, given the three-year sentence counts as time already served.
Knox showed no visible emotion as the verdict was read aloud.
Earlier Wednesday, in a soft and sometimes breaking voice, Knox asked eight Italian judges and jury members to clear her of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
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UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 6:46 AM ET
By Associated Press
Amanda Knox arrives flanked by her husband Christopher Robinson, right, at the Florence courtroom in Florence, Italy, on Wednesday.
Antonio Calanni/AP
FLORENCE, Italy — An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
The court found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part time, of the killing. But she will not serve any more jail time, given the three-year sentence counts as time already served.
Knox showed no visible emotion as the verdict was read aloud.
Earlier Wednesday, in a soft and sometimes breaking voice, Knox asked eight Italian judges and jury members to clear her of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.
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